Best Sawmill on the market - Part 1 -

Review of my SMG Champion sawmill and why IMO it's the best sawmill on the market-manually operated. A bit of maintenance and adjustments. I will review several features and the overall construction and reliability of this machine. part 1 of 2

[konradsusiebakalarczyk]

Great instructional maintenance video Russell. SMG should compensate you for your endorsement.
Good idea marking the guide wheel location first before taking them off. THAT would have saved me lots of time.
I agree with you about it being the best manual mill on the market. It’s so well designed with ease of use in mind.
Thanks for the shout out! Keep ‘em coming!

[mickeckart]

Russell, Don't know if I mentioned it, but the Forestry Forum is a website I think you would enjoy.Lot of sawdust, good humor and helpful info.

[GrampiesWorkshop]

How's she goin'? That's a nice looking mill Russell. It sure can saw logs eh. Nice to get the maintenance done and now your good to go. Thanks for sharing and I'm looking forward to part 2!!!

[tractorman]

Very interesting set up you got there. This is the first video of yours I've seen but if you've not shown the details of how the backstops for the cant hinge up, I'd appreciate a minute or two on that component. I've not seen the SMG before, and it looks to be a really decent setup.

[pedropereira]

Thanks for the video, very nice, I enjoy it 👍🏼

[hitied]

Hi Russell, I really value your opinion and experience with this SMG. Pretty sure I am going to order one. Should be just right for me. Thanks,

[DIYVariety]

Great job on the review bud. 7 years is enough to be an expert lol looking to part 2 cheers

[morgansword]

Its a great little mill and seems to be or have what I call user friendly adjustments. I can hope that its in a decent price range for most are too poor to buy a good quality mill. I seen a good stable frame for the logs to rest on as well as the saw carriage to run on. I make these statements because I just build the mills I use for the timber its going to be operating in. You have a wide enough frame for stable milling as well meaning this mill doesn't vibrate or shake when in use. I am going to share this video with some homesteaders that need to learn how to just set the log in its milling position, how to get finished boards without having a large pile of lumber still needing a trim on one side or even getting the most out of a board that is already sawed. I like the fact that you don't pass a side by rolling this log the least amount of turns., ... two sides trimmed and then the actual cuts for dimensions. As we go on an maybe converse on here, I will share some of my own tricks of the just a few but helpful tricks to help keep down waste. I see by the way your running this mill, that your still in that getting used to how it performs.... I have about forty years on just running a mill of different types, both band and circular mills. The latter is the best for high production but a band mill saves a ton on waste and can perform just as well. I gave a like and did subscribe.... lets hope your list of subscribers will grow substantially

[mickeckart]

Great sawmill, I've always like the fit and finish of the SMG mills. Russell, excellent job as usual.
I use 4 degree blades for knotty spruce. What hook angle are you cutting with ?
Thanks and keep up the good work.

[WolfgangR]

Hi Russell, it depends where U live
Here in Germany the best choice for a mill is Woodmizer.
There is no any other good one....
If I live in Canada, sure I take a look at SMG, timberking, barker und WM...
The SMG is available in France, but they don't like Germans....
I tried calling them, I gave up...so I bought a new Woodmizer LT40.
If I win in the lottery I go Serra me 90.
Greetings Wolfgang

[gadgethunter]

I'm guessing you didn't need any factory tech support? I bought a SMG J100 chainsaw mill. I tried getting some questions answered. No luck getting a response. They used to have 1 employee that spoke English that I was able to talk to once, but he quit or so I was told. If you speak French then maybe you will get some support ? Have changed now? Don't know. But I'm not too impressed with the after sale service.